Tropicana Community Services Organization (Tropicana) is encouraging Black-led not-for-profit organizations from all regions of Canada, outside of Quebec, to benefit from the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiatives (SBCCI), capacity building grant.

On November 23, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Ahmed Hussen, announced the launch of the Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative’s call for proposals for capacity building projects.  The Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative was created by the Federal government through Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to help increase the capacity of grassroots not-for-profit organizations serving Black communities in Canada.

Tropicana has been selected as an intermediary organization to administer the SBCCI capacity building fund on behalf of the Federal government. The other SBCCI intermediaries include Black Business Initiative (BBI) in Nova Scotia and Groupe 3737 for Quebec.

The deadline to apply for the funding is January 8, 2020. Applications submitted after the deadline cannot be considered unless general extension is provided.